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The transparent traveler : the performance and culture of airport security /

Rachel Hall characterizes post-9/11 airport security practices as operating under the "aesthetics of transparency," which requires passengers to perform innocence and be open to inspection-those who cannot are deemed opaque and presumed to be a threat. Travelers are no longer innocent unti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Rachel, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rachel Hall characterizes post-9/11 airport security practices as operating under the "aesthetics of transparency," which requires passengers to perform innocence and be open to inspection-those who cannot are deemed opaque and presumed to be a threat. Travelers are no longer innocent until proven guilty; they are guilty until proven transparent
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.
ISBN:9780822375296
082237529X